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Posted: March 13, 2012 - 6:08pm | Updated: March 21, 2012 - 9:55am

• The Aiken County school district office will accept applications for Expanded School Choice through March 31 for the 2012-13 school year. Applications will be available at acps.schoolfusion.us and can be faxed to (803) 641-2636, or taken or mailed to the district office at 1000 Brookhaven Drive, Aiken, SC 29803. Parents are reminded that there are a limited number of openings and applications will be accepted by date and time order. Decisions on school choices will be made after spring break.

• The seventh annual Athletic Department Golf Tournament will be held Sunday at Mount Vintage Plantation Golf Course. Registration starts at 1:30 p.m. and the shotgun start will be at 2 p.m. Individual entry is $80; entry for a team of four is $300; and sponsorships are available for $125. The tournament, which is captain’s choice format, includes 18 holes of golf, a box lunch and a golfer’s gift bag. All checks should be made payable to FCHS Athletics. For more information, contact Russell Schneider at (706) 951-3325 or (803) 613-9435, ext. 3 or rschneider@fchs.edgefield.k12.sc.us.

• Registration forms for the Breakaway Bees are due Friday. Practices will be held at 6:55 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Parents are also needed to help with the Breakaway Bees. The parents will help coach Fralick by attending practices on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The commitment is less than five hours a week during the six-week session. Contact Yolanda Swanson at myswanson07@comcast.net if you are interested.

• Science Day is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

• Tuesday is the end of the third nine weeks.

• The running club starts Tuesday.

• The writing portion of the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards test will be given to fifth-graders Tuesday and March 21.

• Palmetto Assessment of State Standards writing test will be administered to eighth-grade pupils Tuesday and March 21.

• Chaperone training will be held at 7:45 a.m. Thursday and Friday.

• School Improvement Council meets at 3 p.m. Monday, April 16 and May 14.